Bonanza Creek Energy Announces Second Quarter 2020 Financial Results

DENVER, Aug. 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. BCEI (the "Company" or "Bonanza Creek") today announced its second quarter 2020 financial results and operating outlook. The Company has also posted an updated investor presentation to its website.

Highlights of the second quarter 2020 include:

• Average sales volumes of 24.9 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day ("MBoe/d"), with oil representing 56% of total volumes
   
• Increasing annual production guidance to a range of 24.0 to 25.0 MBoe/d following YTD average sales volumes of 24.8 MBoe/d
   
• Capital expenditures of $21.7 million for the second quarter bringing YTD capital expenditures to $62.8 million, at the lower end of annual guidance as expected
   
• Lease operating expense ("LOE") of $2.56 per Boe for the second quarter; up less than 2% from first quarter 2020, and down 13% from full year 2019
   
• Recurring cash general and administrative ("G&A")⁽¹⁾ expense, which excludes stock-based compensation and cash severance costs, was $6.1 million for the quarter or $2.72 per Boe, down 21% from first quarter 2020, and down 27% from full year 2019 on a unit basis
   
• Rocky Mountain Infrastructure ("RMI") second quarter 2020 net effective cost⁽¹⁾ was $0.97 per Boe, which consists of approximately $1.48 per Boe of RMI operating expense offset by $0.51 per Boe of RMI operating revenue from working interest partners
   
• Exited the quarter with $58 million of debt and a leverage ratio of 0.3x with the continued expectation to fully repay outstanding debt by the end of the year
   
• GAAP net loss of $38.9 million, or $1.87 net loss per diluted share, including a $2.30 non-cash loss on derivatives
   
• Adjusted EBITDAX⁽¹⁾ of $36.2 million, or $1.74 per diluted share

⁽¹⁾   Non-GAAP measure; see attached reconciliation schedules at the end of this release.

Eric Greager, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bonanza Creek, commented, "We're grateful that our team remains healthy and productive. We're pleased with the strong performance of our assets, and the progress we're making toward our full-year objectives. We're increasing our annual production guidance range to a mid-point of 24.5 MBoe/d, and reiterating all other guidance ranges for 2020. We expect 3Q volumes to be flat to 2Q, and our capex to be minimal for the balance of the year. Prior to filing our 10-Q for the second quarter, we paid down our revolver to $53 million, and our cash flow projections continue to support our exiting 2020 with no debt."

Second Quarter 2020 Results

During the second quarter of 2020, the Company reported average daily sales of 24.9 MBoe/d. Product mix for the quarter was 56% oil, 20% NGLs, and 24% residue natural gas. Oil mix was up from 54% in the first quarter of 2020 and fluctuates due to the timing of wells turned to sales. The table below provides sales volumes, product mix, and average sales prices for the second quarter 2020 and 2019.

Capital expenditures were $21.7 million for the second quarter of 2020. During the quarter, the Company completed 1 gross (0.6 net) standard reach lateral ("SRL") well. There were 8 gross (7.7 net) wells turned to sales, 3 of which were SRL wells.

Net oil and gas revenue for the second quarter of 2020 was $36.2 million compared to $60.4 million for the first quarter of 2020. The decrease was a result of lower oil, natural gas, and NGL realized prices. Crude oil accounted for approximately 79% of total revenue for the quarter. Differentials for the Company's oil production during the quarter averaged approximately $5.53 per barrel off NYMEX WTI, and the Company expects its oil differential to average between $4.75 and $5.25 per barrel for full-year 2020.

LOE for the second quarter of 2020 on a unit basis increased less than 2% to $2.56 per Boe from $2.52 per Boe in the first quarter of 2020. The Company has begun successfully implementing the previously-identified $8 million in LOE and RMI operating expense savings relative to original 2020 plans, and is reaffirming both its LOE and RMI operating expense guidance ranges for the year.

RMI second quarter 2020 net effective cost was $0.97 per Boe, which consists of approximately $1.48 per Boe of RMI operating expense offset by $0.51 per Boe of RMI operating revenue from working interest partners. RMI operating revenue from working interest partners is based on production volumes, and the fees are not tied to oil or natural gas prices.

The Company's general and administrative ("G&A") expenses were $8.4 million for the second quarter of 2020, which included $1.5 million in non-cash stock-based compensation and $0.8 million related to one-time cash severance costs. Recurring cash G&A, which excludes stock-based compensation and cash severance, of $6.1 million for the second quarter of 2020 decreased by $1.6 million or 21% from first quarter 2020 as a result of implemented cost reductions. On a per unit basis, the Company's recurring cash G&A decreased 21% to $2.72 per Boe in the second quarter of 2020 from $3.44 per Boe in the first quarter of 2020.

RMI net effective cost and recurring cash G&A are non-GAAP measures. Please see Schedule 7 and Schedule 8 at the end of this release for a reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP measure.

Guidance Summary

The table below provides YTD and second quarter results for 2020 guidance metrics:

Conference Call Information

The Company will host a conference call to discuss these results on August 7, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. Mountain Time (11:00 a.m. Eastern Time). A live webcast and replay of this event will be available on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at www.bonanzacrk.com. Dial-in information for the conference call is included below.

About Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.

Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. is an independent oil and natural gas company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil and associated liquids-rich natural gas in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States. The Company's assets and operations are concentrated in rural, unincorporated Weld County, Colorado, within the Wattenberg Field, focused on the Niobrara and Codell formations. The Company's common shares are listed for trading on the NYSE under the symbol: "BCEI." For more information about the Company, please visit www.bonanzacrk.com. Please note that the Company routinely posts important information about the Company under the Investor Relations section of its website.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release that address activities, events or developments that the Company expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on certain assumptions made by the Company based on management's experience, perception of historical trends and technical analyses, current conditions, anticipated future developments and other factors believed to be appropriate and reasonable by management. When used in this press release, the words "will," "potential," "believe," "estimate," "intend," "expect," "may," "should," "anticipate," "could," "plan," "predict," "project," "profile," "model" or their negatives, other similar expressions or the statements that include those words, are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. These statements include statements regarding development and completion expectations and strategy; decreasing operating and capital costs; impact of the Company's reorganization; and 2020 guidance. Such statements are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, that may cause actual results to differ materially from those implied or expressed by the forward-looking statements, including the following: changes in natural gas, oil and NGL prices; general economic conditions, including the performance of financial markets and interest rates; drilling results; shortages of oilfield equipment, services and personnel; operating risks such as unexpected drilling conditions; ability to acquire adequate supplies of water; risks related to derivative instruments; access to adequate gathering systems and pipeline take-away capacity; and pipeline and refining capacity constraints. Further information on such assumptions, risks and uncertainties is available in the Company's SEC filings. We refer you to the discussion of risk factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed on February 27, 2020, our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, filed on May 7, 2020, our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, filed on August 6, 2020, and other filings submitted by us to the Securities Exchange Commission. The Company's SEC filings are available on the Company's website at www.bonanzacrk.com and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. All of the forward-looking statements made in this press release are qualified by these cautionary statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, including guidance, and the Company undertakes no obligation to correct or update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.

For further information, please contact:
Scott Landreth
Senior Director, Finance & Investor Relations and Treasurer
720-225-6679
slandreth@bonanzacrk.com

Schedule 1: Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(in thousands, expect for per share amounts, unaudited)

Schedule 2: Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands, unaudited)

Schedule 3: Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, unaudited)

Schedule 4: Per unit operating margins
(unaudited)

⁽¹⁾ Crude oil and natural gas sales excludes $1.2 million, $1.6 million, $2.8 million, and $2.8 million of oil transportation and gas gathering revenues from third parties, which do not have associated sales volumes for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, and the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Alternatively, the aforementioned oil transportation and gas gathering revenues from third parties have been netted against the midstream operating expense to arrive at the RMI net effective cost. See Schedule 8 for a reconciliation from GAAP midstream operating expense to RMI net effective cost.
⁽²⁾ Recurring cash general and administrative expense excludes stock-based compensation and cash severance costs. Please see Schedule 7 for a reconciliation from GAAP G&A to recurring cash G&A.

Schedule 5: Adjusted Net Income
(in thousands, except per share amounts, unaudited)

Adjusted net income is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure that is used by management to present a more comparable, recurring profitability between periods. The Company defines adjusted net income as net income (loss) after adjusting for (1) the impact of certain non-cash items and one-time transactions and correspondingly (2) the non-cash and one-time items' impact on taxes based on a tax rate that approximates the Company's effective tax rate in each period. Adjusted net income is not a measure of net income (loss) as determined by GAAP.

The following table presents a reconciliation of the GAAP financial measure of net income (loss) to the non-GAAP financial measure of adjusted net income.

Schedule 6: Adjusted EBITDAX
(in thousands, unaudited)

Adjusted EBITDAX is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure that is used by management to provide a metric of the Company's ability to internally generate funds for exploration and development of oil and gas properties. The metric excludes items which are non-recurring in nature. Management believes adjusted EBITDAX provides external users of the Company's consolidated financial statements such as industry analysts, investors, lenders, and rating agencies with additional information to assist in their analysis of the Company. The Company defines Adjusted EBITDAX as earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation, depletion, and amortization, impairment, exploration expenses and other similar non-cash and non-recurring charges. Adjusted EBITDAX is not a measure of net income (loss) or cash flows as determined by GAAP.

The following table presents a reconciliation of the GAAP financial measure of net income (loss) to the non-GAAP financial measure of Adjusted EBITDAX.

Schedule 7: Recurring Cash G&A
(in thousands, unaudited)

Recurring cash G&A is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure that is used by management to provide only the cash portion of its G&A expense, which can be used to evaluate cost management and operating efficiency on a comparable basis from period to period. Management believes recurring cash G&A provides external users of the Company's consolidated financial statements such as industry analysts, investors, lenders, and rating agencies with additional information to assist in their analysis of the Company. The Company defines recurring cash G&A as GAAP general and administrative expense exclusive of the Company's stock-based compensation and one-time charges. The Company refers to recurring cash G&A to provide typical recurring cash G&A costs that are planned for in a given period. Recurring cash G&A is not a fully inclusive measure of general and administrative expense as determined by GAAP.

The following table presents a reconciliation of the GAAP financial measure of general and administrative expense to the non-GAAP financial measure of recurring cash G&A.

Schedule 8: Rocky Mountain Infrastructure ("RMI") Net Effective Cost
(in thousands, unaudited)

RMI net effective cost is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure that is used by management to assess only the net cash impact the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Rocky Mountain Infrastructure, LLC, has on the Company's consolidated financials. Management believes the net effective cost provides external users of the Company's consolidated financial statements, such as industry analysts, investors, lenders, and rating agencies, with additional information to assist in their analysis of the Company. The Company defines the RMI net effective cost as GAAP midstream operating expense less revenue generated from working interest partners utilizing the RMI assets.

The following table presents a reconciliation of the GAAP financial measures of midstream operating expense and RMI working interest partner revenue to the non-GAAP financial measure of RMI net effective cost.